President inaugurates first global symposium on farmers’ rights
12/09/2023
President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday inaugurated the First Global Symposium on Farmers’ Rights here and said the Indian law on farmers rights is worthy of emulation by the world, as it allows the farmers rights to use, re-use, save, share and sell the unbranded seeds of a registered variety.
The symposium was organised by the Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome, and hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
The President said India had taken a lead in introducing the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Act (PPVFR) 2001 which is aligned to the ITPGRFA to protect the farmers.